Coaster



Oct. 16, 1923. I 1,470,921 v A. HUBER COA STER Filed April 12, 1925 .10 mgk end use the-game.

Q bi'il3ketson tfensveiselydispesed p iv j 7 whereby the transversely.diepoee'd her Vbe moyed forv gu xdlng purposes.

. 'A further object iege-pie 45 Figure :1 is a side elevation oft'hecoajster;

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' Aplplicetien filedh '.1 3e' it knownthatil}nANniniv H BER ha clt'l'fzen of the United stil tes, ig

sterling inliihe'eoilntyjeflThiieeide,ilState-, I he I, l a' b e blth S QQke .e i Dispesed abovefthe harelend in 'sp'aeed; e

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5 of Illinois, have invented faj new and xise'fu'l 7' Coaster and Idofheteby .deehire the feill ew. ing to beiaffull; clear; andeiaetfdeseriptibn of; t11e;i"11 ;-enti0n, snl'ch 'h enable 7 skilledinfhe m tlo v'ivhi c' ban, piYQted to jiheunder eide g1 of the eoasfae'nend te proy ide'lm'nd mg bars at opposite :sidesgof the;

' .l i"i Spring ews. ee-11 1:. 5 51 1 111g the .g uiding ni eehanis'm t e normal position 'a-fter-en operatien thereof, and; upone releglse of the guldlng mechenlsrng '1 r id of the body-'-withgegp ung ea board for taking'up the shockLwhenna child;

runs with the coaster and falls onthe same h d 'however the underside of the guide ban 1390 fisprovided with downwardly extending j spaced brackets 14:, which brackets vare sim- 540 inthe precise embodiment offlthejinvene tion may lee-made within th'e s'cope ef wh'at of the invention. V

' In-the drawlngz- V is claimed without departing from thes piri't V r V V V r V T an'd qulckly' cenverted from a wheel support "coaster. :Flgure 3e 1s aelde elevatmn pfithe-jeoasterg @s'howmg sledin runners applied theretoj 50 Figure/1 isleperspectiveview" 015B, :fer-f' d *"che nfrementefthe wheels 15 or by slight I fiexinglof the sledrunnere ll-pjHoweman y when the operatoir-is lying-enthe' member 6 the bar 13 mayb controlledby-nhe'opem: 110

. I Ward-portion of the feoa stejl :sh0 ing" the brackets, for lQCGlYlIIg iend ho'ldlng either wheels or sled runners. 5

fdesignatesepaced parallel b ars whie hare ,shefped sprde itl e uj ri v i 1e... H v v. 3

bar-2 1s a: horizontallyjd'isposed and trans vare cenncted mgethenby:t rensvereelyfdig L' Q VILLINOZSIQ e See.

po eilf ers 2, e d h o e d' de E I f the bars 1 age connected together hya;

' comes lnto. engageme l egelnent with me -rO-u'ndbr isnow bars'l, adjacent theirreal" ends is;

vt 1 11. is er ely disposd he :10 theemd t i of hi is: ewred spa er u-Lshaped bre kts. .8, whi ibrae et iar adapte to re eive her e he a9 a8 hownain Figures .e 'L ereith zr er en 010f thez led nun-je si e y dispqed versely disposed bar 13; which is'a guide bar,

jlarly constructed aelthe hrackeite8 and in% ward ends 16 "of sledrfinziers' 11, therefqre me e ily r x 'it fndll be seenthai the device can be easily "1 ed eoaster'to a sled runner supported coaster. '100 ineansiofbolts 17. During theceastingiop 1 emti on-jthe operator may place his" feet 011165 Y j" "the bars .13 for steering-the devi cefeither by iers ha ndby gmsping the longitn c'hnelly disl'p e b s e ified P'P i S d bi f l endswpivotelly jconnected at 19 tofithe piv oted bar 13, and their rear ends pivoted at 20 "to "a; transversely disposed pivotedbar;

which is pivoted at 21' to the jbar3,lsaid 7 transversely disposed pivoted bar being des- 'igneted by the numeral'22. Thereforea mechanism to normal position when released,

coiled springsg 23fare providedt which coiled springs haveone of their ends connected i to thepivoted bar 22 at 'o ppo'site sides of its r pivotal point andtheir' otherfends' connected to the under sidesiof the spnce d bars 1. It" I ivillfbe seen the steering oper atio'n f thatfltvhenj either 1 of the bars lS-V-are .fniovedflongitudinallyg one of the coiled springs 23'wiil be;stretched"andv upon release of 1 the-bars 18, 'th1e springs vvillf return the steering" niechenisin i to normal I position as 'shiovvn 'infFigiire 2.1 Q "1 ff'Eromthe'ffabove itwill be s 'een that acorn-1 .gtinea coaster of 'a'vvheel supported type, or 1 sledgr inner "supported type is:;provided,' If which may be'easilyconi 'erted'ior winter or summer use .1 I It will also be seen that a? steering niechanisrn is provided for the coaster, Whichis simple in construction, poisitioned Where it can be easily manipulated bytli'e operatonfivh'ile lying-on the coaster, and the-steering mechanism Willbe returned to normal position after each operation "thereof; 1 3 V r "The invention havingbeenset forth what- 'iscla'i-medas nevv andus'eful is Y F V -.1; A' coasterf'coniprising a body mernber,'

[said-"body member being! formed from "spaced bars a board supported" above the body member, springs interposed between V theboard andthe spaced bars,ftransversely the spaced bars, the rear transversely disposed bar supporting brackets, ground engaging elements carriedby said brackets, a

"transversely disposed pivoted bar carried by the forward transversely disposed bar,

brackets carried by the pivoted bar, ground pera-llel'inovement 18 prov ded in'the'steer-i I n 1 ,ing mechanisnm' To return "the" steering ends of the pivoted bars together, springs connectedxto'the ends of the second pivoted bar-"and to the spaced bars, said springs forming fn eans for normally holding the ground engaging members l11lO ngltll Cl1I1ail;

e'i' 'n to the body nieniber;

2. The conibinationwith' a coester' havingrgrdi'indengeg ingf elements, said coaster .coni

prising a bo'dy'meinb'er, rear ground engaig m b tit -(1 by'i i l body. m be o ver er see e bers 'ccerr e bytr'ansversely disposed p1v ted1;b ,*o.

steering means ror said pivoted bar, said steering: means horizontally and longitudb: V

nally' disposed connecting bar pivote'd tot'he ends of the pivoted-bane transversely disf- -posed pivoted bar pivoted to the body m'ember-and' having its ends pivoted the rear ends of the connecting bars, and spring connected to the last named pivoted bar and to the body member and forming means for normally returning the pivoted bars 'to I transverse positlons.

In testimony whereof Ijhave signed'iny name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing 'wlt'nesses;

.vVitnesses': r

S. GAULRAP Arm L l-Lam. V Y

NDREW HUBER f 

